2.2. Postoperative clinical course
The patient was returned to the intensive care unit and anticoagulants
were restarted on postoperative day (POD) 1 with 10,000 units/d of
heparin and 3 mg/d of warfarin. On POD3, prolonged coagulation was
observed and heparin was terminated (Figure 3). The patient was
transferred from the intensive care unit to the Cardiovascular Surgery
ward on the same day. The postoperative course was uneventful. No LVAD
related problems occurred and no postoperative blood transfusion was
required. 10 months after the LC, the patient is on the waiting list for
a heart transplant.